Emergence of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Italy

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Fontana, Carla ^a,b   Favaro, Marco ^a   Sarmati, Loredana ^d   Natoli, Silvia ^c   Altieri, Anna ^b   Bossa, Maria C ^b   Minelli, Silvia ^b   Leonardis, Francesca ^c   Favalli, Cartesio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Clinical Microbiology Laboratories   (Italy)

^c Neonatal Intensive Care Unit   (Italy)

^d TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77949955798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-40     Document Type: Article

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